Farmers' market fundraiser set

Wednesday

Lincolnville's Eddie Vicker's Park will be the site of a new Sunday Farmers' Market offering produce, prepared foods, live music, handmade arts and crafts, plus a variety of events.

The Farmers' Market is the first initiative of the Lift Up Lincolnville Revitalization Corp., a community group formed in January to improve the neighborhood of Lincolnville.

"We see the Farmers Market as a fun-filled weekly destination for friends, neighbors and visitors to mingle, while enjoying a premiere and healthful shopping experience in St. Augustine's most up-and-coming neighborhood," said the group's president, Sue Agresta.

To celebrate the Farmers' Market and raise much-needed capital, a "Friends of the Market" fundraiser will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Global Wrap, 218 Riberia St.

The cost is $25 and includes food, entertainment and information about the market.

The goal of the market is to offer fare that will be affordable at every income level. The market will accept WIC and SNAP with the adoption of an EBT system, Agresta said.

To insure success, an aggressive marketing campaign is planned to attract families, students, tourists and the business community.

Efforts will be made to create a Sunday trolley package to include a tour of Lincolnville, a visit to the adjoining Community Garden and the new Farmers' Market.

The group, consisting of Agresta; Sister Diane Coutoure of the Sisters of St. Joseph; Judith Seraphin, CEO of Global Wrap; and Lynn Straughan, executive director of the Cyprian Center for the Expressive Arts, current board president and former executive director of Willich Kids Bridge Family Supervised Visitation Center, has been working closely with J.T. Johnson, vice chair of The Civil Rights Museum of St. Augustine Inc., a nonprofit group formed to bring to fruition a civil rights museum in Lincolnville.

"We see the Farmers' Market as the first public 'destination' in Lincolnville. Because one of its primary goals is to introduce visitors to the neighborhood's civil rights history, we see it as an important precursor to the Museum," Johnson said.

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